Trick Dog #9
Trick Dog, the Mission District’s highly-acclaimed and wildly eccentric cocktail bar, is plugging into the Bay Area’s art scene with its latest bi-annual menu – the Trick Dog Mural Project.
The new menu debuted Sunday (goodbye election themed “Trick Dog for President”) and is basically an art show wrapped in cocktail offerings. The concept is based on the work of 14 local artists that Trick Dog brought together to make murals across the city.
The bar’s physical menu will be a collection of photographs taken of the murals and compiled in book form. The book sales will benefit non-profits Precita Eyes and Creativity Explored.
Past Trick Dog menu themes have included a dog calendar, Chinese takeout menu and a tourist map, among others.
All of the drinks on the new menu are named after an artist, as noted above. If the ingredients are supposed to represent their work or personality, we’ll never know, but there are some cool offerings. The Ronnie Buders, for example, is made with sour mash whiskey, sour cherry, sour beer gastrique, sourdough, and Sour Patch Kids, and is served on a big ice cube. The drinks only get more interesting from there. Full menu below the video:
Jeremy Fish: Banks 5 rum, chai liqueur, Dolin dry vermouth, Luxardo Bianco Bitter, acid phosphate, mango bitters (served up)
Sam Flores: Tequila Ocho Plata, Ancho Reyes Original, horchata, pear, lime (served on the rocks)
Greg Galinsky: Tanqueray gin, Tio Pepe fino sherry, banana, cilantro, lime (served on crushed ice)
Vogue: Larceny Bourbon, St. Germain, apple cider, honey, lime, lemon (served on the rocks)
Optimist: Absolut Elyx vodka, Grind coffee liqueur, earl grey, soy milk, thyme, lemon, copper (served on crushed ice)
Mel Waters: Bulleit rye whiskey, blueberry bitter aperitivo, H&H Rainwater Madeira, black pepper, rose hip (served up)
Sirron Norris: Calle 23 blanco Tequila, Cardamaro, fig, chamomile, cinnamon, lime (served up)
Rogelio Martinez: Aviation gin, papaya “som tam” liqueur, Ancho Verde, mint (served on the rocks)
Strider: Lot 40 rye whisky, vin de carotte, Clement Mahina Coco, Kubler absinthe (served up)
Tunstall & Plock: Don Q Anejo & Four Square Port Cask rums, white chocolate, tapache, pineapple, rye berries, lime (served on crushed ice)
Ronnie Buders: Michter’s Sour Mash whiskey, sour cherry, sour beer gastrique, sourdough, Sour Patch Kid (served on a big ice cube)
Bigfoot: Automatic Sea Gin, Arkansas Black applejack, riesling, meyer lemon, lavender, lime (served up)
Brian Barneclo: Torres 15 year Spanish brandy, Hidalgo oloroso sherry, pineapple, allspice, clarified malted milk, lime (serves two)
Trick Dog: 3010 20th St., 3 p.m. to 2 a.m., open 7 days a week (415) 471-2999 or www.trickdogbar.com